Daly West & Daly Judge Area

Past Producer in Summit county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041811
MRDS ID M057612
Record type Site
Current site name Daly West & Daly Judge Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.51245, 40.61605 (WGS84)
Elevation 2554
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF EMPIRE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brighton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S 004E 29 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED LOCATION
  • THE DALY JUDGE IS ALSO CALLED THE JUDGE OR ANCHOR MINE AND COVERS OLD MINES OF OLD UTAH, WHITE PINES, AND JONES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGHLY SILICEOUS ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Ore To Depths Of 200 - 300 Feet. Metamorphism Of The Park City Fm Near The Intrusive

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1899 - 1968

Mining district

District name Park City District

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Period 1899 - 1968
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.018 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 1g/mt
  • Year 1968
    Period 1899 - 1968
    Material ZN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.37 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Zinc Zinc 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ARE OF THE DALY WEST & JUDGE MINES.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 1650 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 900 , 1200 , AND 1400 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOUTWELL, J. M., 1912 , GEOL & ORE DEP OF THE PARK CITY DIST: USGS P P 77 , P. 148 - 154

  • Deposit

    CRITTENDEN, M. D., JR, CALKINS, F. C. & SHARP, B. J., 1966 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARK CITY WEST QUAD: USGS MAP GQ - 535

  • Deposit

    VAN HORN, F. R., 1914 , OCCURRENCE OF BOURNONITE, JAMESONITE, AND CALAMINE AT PARK CITY, UTAH: AIME BULL NO. 92 , P. 2217 .

  • Deposit

    JAMES,A.H., 1973, LEAD AND ZINC RESOURCES IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.,SPEC. STUD. 44, P. 29.

  • Production

    JAMES, A. H. ( 1973 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS AREA CONTAINS FOUR PRINCIPAL ORE BODIES: THE ROLL VEIN, MIDDLE VEIN, BLACK VEIN, AND 1240 VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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